Insect-trap.



No. 745,364. PATENTED DEC. 1, 1903. G. A. MARTIN. INSECT TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16. 1903. N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented December 1, 1905;.

GEORGE ALBERT MARTIN, OF PARKERSBURG, oino.

INSECT-T RAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,364, dated December 1, 1903;

Application filed February 16, 1903. gerial No. 143,486. (No model.) H

combination of parts which will hereinafter be fully described.

The object of my invention is to provide an exceedingly simple and inexpensive device for enticing insects, said device being pro-1 vided with safe and convenient poison-receptacles in which said insects may collect.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device which is specially adapted for hanging upon or attaching to a wall directly over the rear edge of a sink.

As is well known, cockroaches in a house collect or congregate at points where there is dampness, and as there is always more or less dampness about a sink they are usually most numerous in that vicinity. Hence I have adapted my device for placing in juxtaposition to a sink. However, it may be placed in any other suitable position desired.

In describing my invention in detail refer- 9 ence is herein had to the accompanying drawz ings, forming part of this specification, in

which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my inven-: tion, the rear side of the same being clearly. shown; and Fig. :2 is a cross=section of the :same, showing the device attached to a wall.

Referring to the drawings, in which like reference-numerals designate like parts, 1 indicates the ends, 2 the upper horizontal section, and 3 the lower horizontal section, of a rectangular frame.

4 indicates a covering of any suitable material,preferably cloth,such as oil-cloth,which is wrapped about said frame substantiallyin the manner shown. The upper edge 5 of said covering is secured in any suitable manner (tacks 6 being shown in the illustrations) to the rear face of the upper section 2 of the frame, and thence said covering is passed .under and rear faces of said section 3, thence upward and back upon itself in a fold 8, forming a pocket 9 between the fold 8 and the face 10 of the device, thence upward along the rear of said face 10, thence upward and back upon itself in a second fold 8, forminga second pocket 9, thence upward along the rear of the face 1 0 and secured to the upper portion or section 2 of the frame. may be and is preferably run Vertically through the central part of the device, as shown, thus holding said folds and pockets in position.

The lower longitudinal section 3 of the frame is made relatively thinner than the other sections of said frame in order to leave an entry-space 12 between said section 3 and the wall 13, to which the device is attached. When the device is secured in position over a sink,the flap 7 will hang in substantially the position shown in Fig. 2 over the rear edge of the sink, and will thus direct any water thrown or splashed thereagainst back into the sink. I

The covering which is provided over th frame may be and is preferably impregnated with any substance the scent of which will A seam 11 attract insects, and a poisonous powder or substance is preferably placed in the pockets 9.

Across the upper portion of the device on the rear side is provided a pad or strip 14, on which is a pasty substance, preferably poisonous, adapted to poison insects which come in contact therewith.

As is apparent, when the devlce is secured to a wall in the manner shown therear side,

containing the pockets or poison-receptacles,

treat to such insects. Once inside the pockets or in contact with the poison provided therein the poison takes effect.

The upper horizontal section 2 of the frame is beveled, as shown, in order to direct Water thrown or splashed thereagainst or thereon back into a sink.

I have described my invention more or less in detail and in What I consider to be its simplest form; but it its obvious that various minor changes may be made in the construction andin the arrangement of parts with out departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself to the precise construction and arrangement shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of the character described, a frame, a flexible covering stretched across and attached to the front of said frame, said covering turned back over the rear of the lower portion of said frame and extended upward along the rear of said stretched face and folded to form one or more pockets, substantially as described.

2. A device of the characterdescribed, co mprising a rectangular frame, a flexible cloth covering stretched over the face of the frame, said covering extended at the bottom of the frame and folded back upon itself to form a flap, and pockets formed by doubling the cloth in folds at the rear of the stretched face, substantially as described.

3. Adevice of the characterdescribed comprising a frame, a cloth covering stretched over the face of said frame, an extended flap at the lower edge of the frame, and pockets formed in the rear of the stretched covering, substantially as described.

a. A device of the character described comprising a frame, a flexible covering stretched across the face of said frame, and pockets formed in the rear of the stretched covering, substantially as described.

5. A device of the character described consisting of a frame one section of which is of less thickness than the others, a covering of suitable material stretched across the face of said frame, said covering returned at the rear of said stretched surface and folded to form pockets, substantially as described.

6. A device of the character described consisting of a rectangular frame, the lower section of said frame of less thickness than the other sections, a covering of flexible material stretched across the face of said frame, a flap at the lower edge of said frame, and pockets at the rear of the stretched portion of the covering, said stretched portion, the flap and the pockets all being formed from one piece of material, substantially as described.

7. In a device of the characterdescribed, a rectangular frame, a covering of suitable material secured across the face of said frame, pockets formed in the rear of the face of the device, and a pad or strip covered with apoisonous substance secured above said pockets, substantially as described.

8. In an insect-trap, a frame, a covering of suitable material secured across the face of said frame, pockets formed in the rearof the face of the device, and a pad covered with a pasty poisonous substance secured above said pockets. i

9. Aninsect-trapcomprisingaframe,aflexible covering for said frame, pockets formed on the rear face of said covering, and a pad of poison on said face above said pockets.

Signed by me at Wheeling, Vest Virginia, this 9th day of January, 1903.

' GEORGE ALBERT MARTIN.

\Vitnesses: GEORGE H. DIERINGER,

H. E. DUNLAP. 

